SAND CREEK — Voters in the Sand Creek Community Schools district will have to write in names on the Nov. 6 ballot to elect anyone to two seats being vacated on the district’s board of education.

That’s because no candidates filed for the seats by the Aug. 14 deadline to get their names on the ballot.

So far, two candidates have filed declarations of intent to run as write-in candidates. They are Lynda Bragg, 46, of Madison Township and Dennis Brugger, 47, also of Madison Township.

Write-in candidates have until 4 p.m. Oct. 26 to file declarations of intent. Write-in votes cannot be counted for any person who has not filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, Lenawee County Clerk Roxann Holloway said.

The two available board of education seats are being vacated by board members Eric Serin and Julie Emmons.

Sand Creek Superintendent Steve Laundra said he expects more candidates to file declarations of intent to be write-in candidates.

The term for both seats is four years.

Board President Harvey Souders said he was surprised when no candidates filed soon enough to get their names printed on the ballot.

“I think possibly it wasn’t publicized well enough that we had a couple (board members) who were not going to run,” Souders said.